The Superbowl as a Tradition
Over the last thirty-five years, the Super Bowl has developed from a simple, league-championship game, into a supposed world-championship game, and in the process, the biggest spectacle in entertainment. When the original championship game was played between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, no one could have imagined the effect the game would have on American society, and the way people accepted the game. Back when the game was just that, a game, people would habitually join together to watch the game on the last Sunday of every January. Families would gather in the living room, around their thirteen-inch television, and watch in awe as their favorite teams battled on the gridiron to see who would be league champ. Every year, the families would follow the same routine, drive to a relative's house, eat dinner, and watch the game. After the game, the family would pile into a car and drive home; and wait to do it again the next year. With the invention of satellite television, more and more people, not only in America, but also around the world, could see the game of football. You no longer had to root for a team in your region; you could see games as far as the other coast. This brought a lot of att
In the late nineteen seventies, the NFL needed a better way to entertain the audience during the half hour that the teams were off the field; they needed to find a way to keep the fans in their seats. The authorities within the NFL introduced the half time show. The half time show would consist of a musician or group who would perform for the half an hour. Today the half time show garners more attention than most of the game. NFL, and setting up a league championship game that would be seen by the whole world every year: The Super Bowl. Initially the game was just that, a game. Not very many people were interested in watching the supposed best game of the year, when in actuality it was just another football game. The fans wanted additional entertainment. Each year the Super gives people a good excuse to go out and have a party. The last Sunday in January is no longer spent in the living room with the family watching the "big game", but is usually spent at bars or other venues where the masses can converge and watch the game as well as the commercials. There are people who plan all year for their parties. The majority of people who watch the Super Bowl every year are not necessarily concerned with the outcome of the game. That inconsequential. What t
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